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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CN (phenyl cyanide)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.498349
Energy at 298.15K-322.503730
Nuclear repulsion energy301.923561
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at HF/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3381 3057 5.01      
2 A1 3366 3045 23.96      
3 A1 3345 3025 0.12      
4 A1 2587 2339 48.33      
5 A1 1796 1624 1.20      
6 A1 1657 1498 17.64      
7 A1 1297 1173 0.26      
8 A1 1290 1167 1.37      
9 A1 1120 1013 2.87      
10 A1 1085 982 0.05      
11 A1 818 740 3.67      
12 A1 494 447 0.06      
13 A2 1097 992 0.00      
14 A2 950 860 0.00      
15 A2 447 404 0.00      
16 B1 1121 1014 0.00      
17 B1 1050 950 3.22      
18 B1 853 771 52.01      
19 B1 760 687 41.98      
20 B1 628 568 22.43      
21 B1 432 391 0.64      
22 B1 162 147 1.87      
23 B2 3377 3054 22.03      
24 B2 3357 3036 6.90      
25 B2 1768 1599 0.59      
26 B2 1602 1449 11.21      
27 B2 1467 1327 0.64      
28 B2 1332 1204 2.59      
29 B2 1206 1091 8.64      
30 B2 1172 1060 0.01      
31 B2 686 620 0.28      
32 B2 621 561 0.66      
33 B2 187 169 5.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23254.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21031.1 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.19180 0.05227 0.04108

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.173
C2 0.000 0.000 2.043
C3 0.000 0.000 0.600
C4 0.000 1.206 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.206 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.202 -1.472
C7 0.000 -1.202 -1.472
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.162
H9 0.000 2.132 0.454
H10 0.000 -2.132 0.454
H11 0.000 2.133 -2.009
H12 0.000 -2.133 -2.009
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.237

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.13052.57353.47923.47924.79894.79895.33583.45603.45605.60425.60426.4107
C21.13051.44292.45032.45033.71523.71524.20522.65932.65934.57904.57905.2802
C32.57351.44291.38941.38942.39572.39572.76232.13712.13713.36983.36983.8373
C43.47922.45031.38942.41171.38242.77632.39751.07393.38192.13113.85083.3703
C53.47922.45031.38942.41172.77631.38242.39753.38191.07393.85082.13113.3703
C64.79893.71522.39571.38242.77632.40361.38572.13893.85021.07453.37742.1351
C74.79893.71522.39572.77631.38242.40361.38573.85022.13893.37741.07452.1351
C85.33584.20522.76232.39752.39751.38571.38573.37463.37462.13822.13821.0750
H93.45602.65932.13711.07393.38192.13893.85023.37464.26412.46264.92464.2623
H103.45602.65932.13713.38191.07393.85022.13893.37464.26414.92462.46264.2623
H115.60424.57903.36982.13113.85081.07453.37742.13822.46264.92464.26532.4610
H125.60424.57903.36983.85082.13113.37741.07452.13824.92462.46264.26532.4610
H136.41075.28023.83733.37033.37032.13512.13511.07504.26234.26232.46102.4610

picture of phenyl cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C3 C4 119.782
C2 C3 C5 119.782 C3 C4 C6 119.614
C3 C4 H9 119.810 C3 C5 C7 119.614
C3 C5 H10 119.810 C4 C3 C5 120.436
C4 C6 C8 120.023 C4 C6 H11 119.792
C5 C7 C8 120.023 C5 C7 H12 119.792
C6 C4 H9 120.577 C6 C8 C7 120.290
C6 C8 H13 119.855 C7 C5 H10 120.577
C7 C8 H13 119.855 C8 C6 H11 120.184
C8 C7 H12 120.184
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.329      
2 C 0.117      
3 C 0.042      
4 C -0.196      
5 C -0.196      
6 C -0.213      
7 C -0.213      
8 C -0.199      
9 H 0.246      
10 H 0.246      
11 H 0.232      
12 H 0.232      
13 H 0.231      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -4.847 4.847
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.951 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.202 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.761
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.970 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.154 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.184
Polar
3z2-r2-24.369
x2-y2-10.749
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.818 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.444


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000